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Biography for GRIERSON, Sharon Joy

Member for Newcastle (NSW)

Australian Labor Party

Parliamentary Service

Elected to the House of Representatives for Newcastle, New South Wales, 2001. Re-elected 2004, 2007 and 2010. Retired prior to general elections 2013.

Parliamentary Positions

Member, Speaker's Panel from 27.2.12 to 5.8.13

Committee Service

Joint Statutory: Public Accounts and Audit from 20.3.2002 to 19.7.2010 (Chair from 12.3.2008 to 19.7.2010); Corporations and Financial Services from 18.2.2008 to 19.7.2010; Australian Crime Commission from 25.10.2010 to 25.11.2010; Law Enforcement from 25.11.2010 to 5.8.2013.

Joint Standing: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade from 18.2.2008 to 19.7.2010; Treaties from 25.10.2010 to 5.8.2013.

House of Representatives Standing: Communications, Information Technology and the Arts from 20.3.2002 to 31.8.2004; Science and Innovation from 20.3.2002 to 31.8.2004; Economics, Finance and Public Administration from 2.12.2004 to 17.10.2007; House from 19.2.2008 to 11.3.2008; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs from 25.10.2010 to 5.8.2013.